COPSS-NISS Leadership Webinar: Leadership in Analytic Design Theory

Overview

Speakers

Stephanie C. Hicks, PhD, MA, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University

Roger Peng, Professor, Department of Statistics and Data Sciences, University of Texas at Austin

Moderator

Lucy D'Agostino McGowan, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistical Sciences, Wake Forest University

About the Speakers

Dr. Stephanie Hicks an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins University. She is an applied statistician working at the intersection of genomics and biomedical data science. She leads a research lab who develops computational methods using statistics and machine learning for the analysis of high-throughput genomics experiments. The lab has considerable expertise in the analysis of single-cell and spatial omics. Recent work ranges from developing scalable algorithms and deep learning models for genomic data, to examining how alternative splicing and RNA modifications change across aging and development, to understanding the molecular mechanisms of neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders. She is also a co-host of the The Corresponding Author podcast, member of the Editorial Board for Genome Biology, an Associate Editor for Reproducibility at the Journal of the American Statistical Association, and co-founder of R-Ladies Baltimore. See Profile

Dr. Roger D. Peng is a Professor of Statistics and Data Sciences at the University of Texas, Austin. Previously, he was Professor of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Data Science Lab. His current research focuses on developing theory and methods for building successful data analyses and on the development of statistical methods for addressing environmental health problems. He is the author of the popular book R Programming for Data Science and 10 other books on data science and statistics. He is also the co-creator of the Simply Statistics blog where he writes about statistics for the public, the Not So Standard Deviations podcast with Hilary Parker, and The Effort Report podcast with Elizabeth Matsui. Roger is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and is the recipient of the Mortimer Spiegelman Award from the American Public Health Association, which honors a statistician who has made outstanding contributions to public health. See Profile

About the Moderator

Dr. Lucy D’Agostino McGowan is an assistant professor in the Department of Statistical Sciences at Wake Forest University. She received her PhD in Biostatistics from Vanderbilt University and completed her postdoctoral training at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research focuses on causal inference, statistical communication, analytic design theory, and data science pedagogy. Dr. D’Agostino McGowan was the 2023 chair of the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistical Graphics and can be found blogging at livefreeordichotomize.com, on Twitter @LucyStats, and podcasting on the American Journal of Epidemiology partner podcast, Casual Inference. See Profile Page

About the COPSS-NISS Leadership Webinar Series

COPSS (Committee of the Presidents of Statistical Societies) and NISS have come together to organize and host a new webinar series focusing on leadership in statistics and data science. Plan to attend these webinars every month during the academic year! Visit the COPSS-NISS Leadership Series Page for previous webinars.

The COPSS-NISS Leadership Webinar Series is co-organized by the Committee of the Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) Emerging Leaders in Statistics and the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS). The purpose of the webinar series is to promote leadership skills for members of the statistical societies at any stage in their careers. The series features conversations with leaders throughout the discipline, including leaders from major academic and government institutions, and companies. Invited speakers share their leadership stories and answer questions about their experiences. Each webinar is moderated by a member of the COPSS Emerging Leaders in Statistics program.

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